Sealing device.



y G. E. PALMER.

SEALING DEVICE. A PLIoMIIoN HLED 001.11, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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spciacationefretuersPatent. Application led October 1'1; 1911.

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T oaZZ 'whom "it muy concern:

Be it known that I, GRANVILLE E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have' invented certain new and use'- ful Improvements in Sealing Devices, of-

destructible member 'without the opening `of,

the sealing device. i l

The following, is a description of an elnbodiment of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in

Figure 1 shows a sideelevation of the sealing device. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the body of the same, with the inner member andseal wire shown in dots partially inserted in the outer member. Fig. 3 is an ,upward plan view ofthe device of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same, with the casing and Wire shown in section on the line fc-:r Fig. l. Fig. `iis a side elevation of the inner. member. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the inner. member on the line y-y Fig. 5.r Fig. 7 .is alplan view of the .outer Fig. 8 is a section of the outer` member. member on the line z-z Fig. 7. Fig. 9 shows the outer member in section on the line fw-w Fig. 4, and the inner` member with the destructible member thereon in side elevation. Fig. 10 is a similar view shows ing the destructible member disrupted' Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 is a seal wire having lateral inward projections 2.

3 is an outer member having o enings 4 4', through which the ends of t e seal wire may be introduced. It also has shallow recesses or'grooves 5 5 suiicientlydeep to receive portions .of the seal wire. Thel casing has abutments 6-6 which. extend over one end of the shallow grooves"5-5. The outer member preferably has a substantially cylindrical bore.

7 1s an inner member, which ma be made of metal, porcelain q r the like, an has shallow recesses or grooves 8-8 to reg-V grooves 5-5 whentheparts are in one position.,l It also has Vdeep ref' p ister with the cesses or grooves 9;-9 adapted to register with. the grooves 5```when the inner mem ber is in another positidii. Italsofhas vdeep end of each of the grooves 9-'9 with the adjacent ends of the shallowgrooves Blf-8.

11 is a destructible seal secured to the inner member 'l' so als; tof cover either the grooves 9 or the groovest10,or"both of them` lrareinenJarige,1912.

transverse grooves10`-'10 connecting vone vThe inner member is preferably revoluble, 'y

and in the form shown is a cylinder fitting` the bore. The inner memberrand. the bore should, in the preferred form, beisulticiently near to cylindricalfso that the `inner member will tit fairly closely within the bore and rev 1 lve therein. When the inner member is revoluble, the bore and the inner member are preferably, though not necessarily, free from l'iat sides' and also from fan'y taper.' f

In assembling the seal, the de'structiblel member 11, which is preferably ofpafpe'r lof some not easily obtainable "qualit-y orfbearing some identification marks,is securedto the inner member 8 by adhesive o-fotherwise, .so

as to cover the grooves 9- or jlO, or, bothfof them. The seal wire 1 is then'fiintroduced1,y

into the openings 4 until. its free ends 24 pass beyond the abutments (ifa.l suilicient, distance, slightly farther [than shown .in

dots in Fig. .2,.so that` the inner member 7 can be introduced between ,tliem., The inner member is then introduced between' the ends of the seal. wire, withrthe shal-` low grooves 8 inline with thejsealpwire,V

the ends 'of the seal wire being pressed together until the ends 2-2 penetrate the paper and lie within the deep recesses 10. The inner member 7 is then forced upwardly within the casing 3 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2. Thereupon the ends of the seal wire spring outward, forming catches which will engage with the abut ments 6, thereby preventing the removal of/ the inner member until the position of the parts has been changed. The inner member is provided with av screw-driver slotI 12.

When itis desired to open the seal, a screw-driver -is' inserted in the slot 12 and theinner member is turned counterclockwise until the deep grooves 9-9 come into alinement with the ends 2 2 of the seal wire. The seal wire can then be pulled upesl deep slots 9-9 and out throughthe openy. parts cannot, therefore,'be restored to norl Amal position without leaving evidence of l havlng -been opened, and inasmuch. as the peculiar paper is supposed to be in the handsv of only authorized persons, the fact that the seal has been opened cannot be concealed.

The condition ofthe seal is apparent upon its inspection without disturbing the same, by reason 'of the fact that the outer member y3 is' transparent, thus permitting easY inspection ofthe destructible seal 11.

'The seal wire l is made to closely ap- 20 proaoh the curved portion 13 of the inner memben vwith the result that the free ends of the seal `wire cannot be brought together by pressure sufficiently toA permit the inner member 7 from being moved downward past the abutments 6 6.

. As will be evident to thosevv skilled in the art, my invention permits of various modications without departing romthe spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

Vhat- I claim is:

l. In a device of the character described, the combination of an outer member with a seal Wire, a\destructible seal, and a movable inner member, the two latter members and the'fre 'ends of said seal wire being all Within said outer member, said seal wire belfing in engagement with .said destructible seal and with the other two members, said members being locked against sparation b v 4Q the engagement of said wire with said destruotible seal.

2. -In a device of the character described,

the combination of an outer member havingy a bore, an inner member revoluble within said'bore, a destructible seal carried by one 'of said members, a seal wire engaging both of said members and free to be removed when -said members are in one position but locked therein when said members are relatively moved from such position, said seal lying 1in the path of said wire so as to be ruptured thereby.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inner revolublemember, an outer member having a bore embracing said inner member, one of said members having a shallow recess and the other of said members-having a deep llongitudinal cut-away portion and a deeptransverse cut-awavv portion. a seal wire having a projection'entering said t 'ansverse cut-away portion at a point out of alinement with said deep longitudinal cut-awaf portion,

and a destructible seal between saidl twov members covering one'of said deep cut-away portions'. o

l( In a device'of the character described, a revoluble inner member, an outer member having a bore and surrounding said inner member, the outer member having a shallow longitudinal recess and said inner member having a deep longitudinal recess and a deep transverse recess, a seal wire having an inward projection entering said trans verse recess at a point out of al'inement with its intersection with the connected deep lon- 'gituninal recess and a destructible seal secured to said inner member and covering one offsaid deep recesses,

. In a device of the character described,

a revoluble inner member, an outer mem'v ber having a bore within which said inner member lies, each of said members having a shallow longitudinal recess, said inner member having a deep longitudinal recess. and a deep transverse recess connecting one endof the deep longitudinal recess'with the adjacent end of the shallow recess in said inner member, a seal wire having an inward projection entering the transverse recess at a point out of alinement with the deep longitudinal recess connected thereto, and a destructible seal carried b v vsaid inner member and covering one of said deep recesses.

' a GRANVILLE E. PALMER.

'vitnesses: JANE T. CLARKE,

FLoRm-cr L. CLatssEN. 

